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The Dismantling Racism Commission of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania is charged with creating a clear, compassionate, operational and effective strategy for dismantling systemic and institutional racism in our diocese and overseeing its implementation.

The Journey

For helpful resources on every stage of the journey to understanding and dismantling racism, click one of the links found here:

Sacred Ground

A Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race & Faith

“Sacred Ground is a film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith.  Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism, while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity.
 
The 11-part series is built around a powerful online curriculum of documentary films and readings that focus on Indigenous, Black, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American histories as they intersect with European American histories. 
 

Sacred Ground is part of Becoming Beloved Community, The Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society.  This series is open to all, and especially designed to help white people talk with other white people.  Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.”

 

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Stevenson School for Ministry Classes

“Flexible online theological education for all Episcopalians wanting to explore their lifelong learning and vocational call.”

Courses at SSFM

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The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing

“The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing acknowledges and pays respect to past and present tribal members of the Indigenous nations who were forcibly expelled from the lands Georgia now occupies: the Muscogee (Creek) and the Ani’yun’wiya (Cherokee). Standing in solidarity with all who are oppressed, we deplore the hatred and violence shown historically and in the present to Indigenous people, African Americans, African Caribbeans, Asian and Asian Americans, LatinX, Pacific Islanders, and all other oppressed persons. We will continually seek to dismantle the racism that threatens us all as human beings.”

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Liturgies

  • Compelling and authorized resources from the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music:
    Racial Justice, Healing and Reconciliation Resources – Proclamation and Prayer
  • Special Collects for each month of the year from the Diocese of West Virginia: A Year of Prayer to End Racism (PDF)
  • Project Implicit (a test from the University of Virginia to measure implicit bias): Take a Touch Test
  • In response to Resolution A182 from the 2015 General Convention, the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of The Episcopal Church formed a subcommittee on Racial Reconciliation led by SCLM member Christopher Decatur. The subcommittee created four sets of Prayers of the People and a Litany of Repentance and Commissioning for the Ministry of Justice and Reconciliation.

The Journey

For helpful resources on every stage of the journey to understanding and dismantling racism, click one of the links found here:

CONTACT

  • The Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
  • 101 Pine Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
  • (717) 236-5959
  • (717) 236-6448
  • info@diocesecpa.org

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